The Uttar Pradesh government laid foundation stones for two sewage treatment plant (STP) projects in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on March 2, 2020. The projects involve development of STPs in Sector 168 and Sector 123 in […]
The Telangana government has granted administrative sanction for the Augmentation of Water Supply to Six Peripheral Areas of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Project. Construction work on the project is likely to commence by April […]
The government has detached GAIL (India) Limited, Oil India Limited and other public sector undertakings (PSUs) from the Supreme Court’s order on AGR dues. Further, the government has also directed them to seek relief from […]
The government has directed telecom operators to make full payments towards their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The government has so far received a payment of about Rs 259 billion from the telcos. Until now, […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is gearing up to place its first set of road projects with an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) in May 2020. Institutional investors and private funds will be offered […]
Reportedly, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is planning to issue tenders for projects spanning 3,000 km on the BOT model soon. The government plans to increase the national highway network from 96,000 […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has agreed to launch a Tejas Express between Delhi and Dehradun via Haridwar. Work on the project is expected to begin soon. The Tejas Express trains are a premium version […]
Indian Railways’ (IR) third private train, the KashiMahakal Express began commercial operations on February 20, 2020 after its inaugural run on February 16, 2020. The train runs between Varanasi and Indore and like the other […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a directive to the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), NTPC Limited and state government departments to remove the tariff cap in renewable energy project […]
The power minister has dedicated 11 renewable energy management centres (REMCs) to the country. Set up under the Green Energy Corridors programme, the REMCs equipped with artificial intelligence-based forecasting and scheduling tools will provide greater […]
The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has stated that Panamax vessels with a 14 metre draught can be navigated during a tide of 0.5 metres in the inner harbour, East Quay (EQ) side, West Quay side, […]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and the Port of Antwerp have signed an MoU to set up the JNPT-Antwerp Port Training and Consultancy Foundation as the Port and Logistics Training Centre of Excellence. The […]
Tata Motors has completed the delivery of India’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled bus order. The auto manufacturer has delivered four Starbus LNG models to LNG Petronet Limited, with two each delivered in Dahej, Gujarat, and Kochi, Kerala. The […]
The central government has issued an expression of interest (EoI) for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) divestment. It has set $10 billion as the minimum net worth as one of the eligibility criteria in the […]
The government has permitted non-resident Indians (NRIs) to acquire stakes in Air India. To this end, the government approved 72 changes to the Companies Act, paving the way for direct overseas listing and decriminalising a […]
The government has allowed access to internet services by passengers on board domestic flights, subject to permission from the pilot in command. Recently, rules governing extension of Wi-Fi services on-board have been notified. The pilot […]
March Issue 2020
Over the years, the power distribution segment has seen multiple government interventions aimed at improving its health. The most recent of these was the UjwalDiscom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) launched in 2015. However, contrary to expectations, […]
Despite huge potential, the country’s mining sector is highly underdeveloped. The sector needs to deploy global technologies for improving its productivity and achieving sustainable growth. In the past decade, a number of mines have been […]
In the past few years, the case for the use of natural gas as a fuel has become stronger worldwide, and India is no exception. Pressing concerns related to rising air pollution and climate change […]
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